Apache Zeppelin: The Road Ahead

Recently, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced Apache Zeppelin as a top level project. This was a great milestone for both the Zeppelin and data science community. Since its incubation in ASF in December 2014, the community around Zeppelin has become larger, more diverse, inclusive and vibrant. As of last week there are now 126 contributors, 812 forks and three releases of the project. Apache Zeppelin helps data analysts, data scientist, and business users get better understanding of data. With Apache Zeppelin users can quickly explore data, create visualizations and share their insights, as web pages, with various stakeholders. Recent Improvements Over the last year, there have been several key improvements to Apache Zeppelin that have been contributed by a diverse group of developers. Some of the highlights are: Security Features-Authentication,…